The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-03
Story Of the Captain Of the Schooner Marsh
Who Fooled the Detectives.
The Authorities Of Slrvi,, Ontario, Ordered
to Arrest the Fugitive.
Edward S. Mcdonald, a Pal of McGarigIe,
Sentenced to a Term of Three Years
In the Penitentiary.

ahead, dropped the tow line and the Blake
dropped rapidly astern. Her captain
rushed forward, together with his crew and
raised tremendous row for a couple of
minutes, keeping tie attention of those on
board the tug. Meanwhile McGarigle, who
mad been transferred to the Marsh in the
straits, as reported some days ago, was
bundled into yawl and being pulled
ashore. When the officers on the tug dis.
covered the ruse, every effort was made to
catch the yawl, but it got into shoal water
safely before they could catch it. Nc
Carlyle jumped ashore and ran rapidly up
the street, while the crews of the schooner
jeered at the men on the tug.
A reporter for Chicago paper then
went aboard the schooner Marsh, whose
Captain, Freer, told the folio wing story:
while We were loading cargo of cedar
in the Straits, tug came along side and
wanted to know if 1 had seen anything of
the Blake. / said had not, and he then
told me that they were detectives, and that
they believed that McGargle was aboard
of the Blake. Well, live in Chicago, and
of course know McGargle by reputation,
although l had never seen him but once.
l told the men that he would probably
come along in day or two, and then ex-
tended them the hospitality of my vessel.
The entire crowd came aboard, went down
into the cabin, and / opened bottle of my
choicest cherry brandy. While they were
drinking / slipped on deck for a minnie
and saw the Blake coming along down the
Straits before fine breeze of wind. Well,
I don't believe in harboriDg criminals, or
anything of that kind, but on the impulse
of moment, / thought that there was a
fellow. being, with q wife and several
children, who was sorry for what ne had
DONE and was trying to keep out of the
penitentiary. / hardly know whas made
me do it, bat I slipped back into the cabin
and, without saying anything about the
approaching vessel. got out some
more bottles. The detectives rel
lshed the stuff, and they had
a rollicking, jolly time of it. When they
came on deck / don't believe any one of
them could have told fishing smack from
q steamboat. But by this time the Blake
was out of sight. We finished loading aud
started down for Buffalo. About O'Clock
Saturday night | overhauled the Blake on
Lake Huron and told them that officers
were laying for her. A few min 1tes later
the Blake headed into me and stove in the
starboard quarter of my vessel At the
same time u man jumped aboard and the
vessels drifted apart. l recognized him as
McGarigle, and With tears streaming down
his face, he begged me to put him ashore.
told him I would, and did. / never in
my life saw such pathetic suffering as was
stamped on his face. When your tug came
alongside he was in the cabin shaking like
man with the palsy. He thought the tug
had been sent out to capture him, but il it
had been l don't think be would have
been taken alive. Not that he would have
shown any resistance, but am pretty sure
he would have jumped overheard and
drowned himself before he would have
gone back to prison. When 1 lowered the
boat and told him. we were ready, he
seemed paralyzsd and could hardly move.
/ jumped down into the cabin and helped
him on deck, and steadled him until he got
into the boat
While Capt. Freer was telling this story
the tow had rounded to, and when this
point was reached was picking up the
Blake, which had come down the river un-
der sail.
She came alongside OF the Marsh, the
reporter jumped aboard OF her and asked
Capt. Irwin to give some account of how
be came to enter the conspiracy to run
MCGarigle into Canada. He was very reti-
cent and at first refused to say word
about it. After good deal OF coaxing he
said: ''When / got to Chicago friend of
mine came to me and asked me IL l would
take passenger to Canada, landing him at
the first convenient point. After some hes
itation on my part and much urging on
his consented, providing thst he would
not tell me anything about the party. |
suspected from the way he talked that his
friend was in trouble and did not want to
know anything that might get me into
scrape. Well, / was to set him know when
l would be ready to sail, and Saturday
afternoon Imet him ia a buggy on 9th
avenue. We drove around and arranged
with him to have his friend meet me that
night at the cigar store, corner OF Rush
and Michigan streets. l also told hiEa
when the vessel would be ready aud said
l would drop down the river and lie at the
north pier until the party who was to be
known as Williams showed up at the aD-
pointed place. L cleared at the barge Of
fee at O'Clock and went over to the cigar
store. A little after 10 o'clock man, ~kon
I recognized by the description, came in.
ask cd him If his name was Williams. he
nodded his head and we went down
to the yes sci together. Then we toVed ont
ana got along all right, only the wind has
been tantaliziDg during almost the entire
voyage.
Captain Irwin confirmed the story Of the
master of the schooner Higgie as to meet
ing the Blake off Manistee. He would
make no definite admissions regarding the
person who arranged for McGarigle'S- pas
sage. In nearly all OF his conversation he
| spoke guardedly, but he let out enough to
l sire ngthen the suspicion that DR.. st. John
Dell knew more about the. escar$ than
any enc else in Chicago.
The reporter then went back to. Ssrnia,
and after considerable search found Nc
| Carlyle who appeared terribly changed.
| His features are terrible haggard and sal
| low and his eyes have hunted expression,
al am worn QUA with worry and excite
ment," he said, and it would be simply
torture for me to comply TO. the extend
| YOU desire. Z am sick and need rest so
badly that must ask you to wait until TO.
| morrow. Say for me, however, that will
| be back to Chicago in less than three
| months and when come In l will not be
hunted as q rascally thief. This investiga
| ton that is now being held
| will develop my innocence OF any corrupt
act and will convince the people OF Chica
/ 90 that In spite of all the 'squealing thai
| Is being made in court am not implicated
In apy crooked transactions. The w0rs
that can be said of me is that had money
| given to me by contractors to give toe
county commissioners. Not one cent OF L
stuck to my fingers. i am poor man to
day."
McGMigle said he planned the escape
himself and regrets that he was obliged K
impose on the generosity of Snerif Mats u
in The way be did. 1T l staid in all,
said be, "it was sbsnuteIy certain that
vnnld bsve a spsli of tvn roi+ fsVA- NJ
q stem could not stand that, and 1t became